Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice. – Lin Yutang
This I conceive to be the chemical function of humor: to change the character of our thought. – Lin Yutang
No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow. – Lin Yutang
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. – Lin Yutang
Society can exist only on the basis that there is some amount of polished lying and that no one says exactly what he thinks. – Lin Yutang
Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. – Lin Yutang
What is patriotism but the love of the food one ate as a child? – Lin Yutang
I have a hankering to go back to the Orient and discard my necktie. Neckties strangle clear thinking. – Lin Yutang
The wise man reads both books and life itself. – Lin Yutang
